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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Zeulenroda (City of Zeulenroda) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Zeulenroda 25 Zeulenroda, den 16. Dezbr. 1918 Der Stadtgemeinde Vorstand Pfennig |
| Reverse description | The reverse is centred on the municipal coat of arms of Zeulenroda: a heraldic shield divided by a crenellated red masonry tower in the upper field and a crowned lion passant in grey on a dark ground in the lower field, with red detail accents. The shield is set within an ornate guilloche frame flanked by vertical decorative columns. The denomination '25' is repeated in bold numerals in each corner panel and twice vertically at left and right, with the word 'PFENNIG' inscribed on both lateral bands. |
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Zeulenroda's 1918 25 Pfennig Notgeld was a product of the same coin shortage that forced hundreds of small German municipalities to print their own emergency scrip during the First World War. The Imperial government's metals requisition had pulled silver and later base metal coinage out of circulation for war production, leaving local economies without small change.
City-issued Notgeld of this period had no formal backing beyond the municipality's word, and redemption was theoretically guaranteed only within the issuing town — which kept most examples geographically confined and, consequently, poorly documented outside regional collections.